Skegness Natureland Seal Sanctuary hooded seal at Skegness

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a vagrant hooded seal has been taken in temporarily to Natureland:
BBC News - Hooded seal rescued near Skegness
24 December 2011

A seal normally found around the coast of Iceland and Canada has been rescued in Lincolnshire.

The hooded seal was spotted on the beach in Chapel St Leonards and has now been taken to the Skegness Natureland reserve.

It is the second time the seal, called Eve, has lost her way.

In August she was found by staff at a seal sanctuary in Friedrichskoog, Germany, where she was fitted with a tracking device.

Staff at the German reserve had tracked Eve across the North Sea to Scotland where she had turned and headed south to where she was eventually found in Lincolnshire.

Naturelands' Duncan Yeadon said it was very unusual to find a hooded seal off the Lincolnshire coast.

The seal will now be fed until it reaches a healthy weight and then released back into the sea.
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Also a thread on Birdforum for anyone wanting to be there when she is released: Hooded Seal in Lincolnshire - BirdForum
 
From reading the story to me it sounds like we have another Sahara(Hooded Seal that used to be at Gweek),in the making here and it could well be best just to keep it in captivity,for its own well being.

On a side note though unless anyone knows different this means that we have had 3 Hooded Seal kept and re-release from both Oban Sealife Centre and Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary,and we have had the famous Sahara at The National Seal Sanctuary at Gweek,who was rescued twice well off course,until Gweek said enough is enough and kept it until he died.
 
zoogiraffe said:
From reading the story to me it sounds like we have another Sahara(Hooded Seal that used to be at Gweek),in the making here and it could well be best just to keep it in captivity,for its own well being.

On a side note though unless anyone knows different this means that we have had 3 Hooded Seal kept and re-release from both Oban Sealife Centre and Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary,and we have had the famous Sahara at The National Seal Sanctuary at Gweek,who was rescued twice well off course,until Gweek said enough is enough and kept it until he died.
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I agree, the animal certainly seems to have a problem with navigation, which could mean there is something more behind that ?
It is a bit like the recent Penguin incident etc.. I think this kind of thing happens for a reason, in which case there is little point in just throwing it back out into the wild and hoping for the best!
 
This bit of news taken from the collections website,

"Eve", the hooded seal rescued in December, is doing well. After her initial treatment in the seal hospital she has been moved outside into the "Rearing Pool" where she is making friends with the rescued grey and common seal pups. We are now looking into the possibility of releasing her nearer to "home". Ideally we would like to find sponsors to get her back to Icelandic waters but if this is not possible then the north of Scotland would have to do!
 

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update on Eve the hooded seal:
BBC News - Lost seal to remain at Skegness seal sanctuary
15 August 2012

An Icelandic seal which was saved when it swam to Lincolnshire after getting lost is to stay at a seal sanctuary in Skegness.

In July, Skegness Natureland tried to release the hooded seal, named Eve, back into Icelandic waters but it was refused by the authorities.

It was feared that Eve might carry diseases back with her.

Rescuers said because Eve has spent 11 months in captivity it was in her best interests to remain at the centre.

Natureland's Richard Yeadon said: "She seems very chilled out in the resident seal pool, enjoying five meals of the best quality herrings a day.

"I'm sure we have made the right decision for her."

When the Icelandic authorities refused permission for Eve to return home, the seal centre consulted vets and animal welfare groups about to what to do next.

Mr Yeadon said: "We heard about one hooded seal that was released off the north of Scotland, which was one idea we had for Eve.

"A few months later it turned up in Spain drastically underweight."

Eve, thought to have been born somewhere between Iceland and Canada, was originally rescued by a seal sanctuary at Friedrichskoog, on the coast of Germany, last August.

Staff there fattened her up, fitted her with a tracking device and released her in the hope she would head back to Iceland.

The device showed Eve swam to Scotland and the Orkney Islands but then changed direction and headed for the east coast of England.

She was rescued at Chapel St Leonards by Natureland staff.
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I had it confirmed today that Eve the Hooded Seal passed away in November 2013!
 
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That would certainly account for my failing to see it on December 1st...
 
zoogiraffe said:
Indeed it would have to say that I was surprised that they didn't put out a statement telling people,but atleast we know now!
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You're forgetting the basic, common, zoo publicity rules -births/arrivals, publicity fanfare; deaths/departures, silence. :D

(I'm not suggesting places bury "bad" news, more that it doesn't serve publicity departments agendas and many Joe/Jane Publics aren't really bothered). That's one of the reasons ZooChat is great/vital, it fills the information gaps for those who care.)
 
Shorts said:
( That's one of the reasons ZooChat is great/vital, it fills the information gaps for those who care.)
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Yes, yes, yes...but sometimes it takes a lot of sleuthing to establish the facts! :)

'Bury bad news'?- I think they do that quite often actually.;)
 
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